Posts mostly about swing era novels, modern novels set in the era, biographies and how-to books. If you have a book you’d like The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress to review please contact her at: https://www.girlinthejitterbugdress.com/about-tam-francis/contact-tam/
Three New Audio Books (Finally, right?) Folks have been asking about audio books and I tried creating books through Amazon’s ACX for Audible, but the talent I was working with disappeared in the middle of production and yours truly can only afford to do the royalty split production path for audio books at this time. […more…]
Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond (Texas A&M Press May, 2021) by Kevin Edward Mooney is a biography of Texas jazz singer Louise Tobin as part of […more…]
I’ve had my book club for over ten years now and we’ve done some great reads with amazing food & cocktails. This night discussing Becoming Duchess Goldblatt was quite special, so I wanted to share. Firstly, you can’t have a lively book discussion without interesting and thoughtful questions. Since I was the host, it was […more…]
The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Dances in the Dark The novel is finally available in paperback and ebook. I had wanted to do a much bigger event, but since things really aren’t turning a corner yet with the Covid-19 pandemic, and I’ve had so many requests, I finally, let the novel go into the […more…]
In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow (Eiledon Publishing (August 1, 2020) by Kenneth W. Harmon is a 1940s Historical Fiction set in the doomed city of Hiroshima. When bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Hiroshima, his spirit […more…]
Writing a vintage blog has its perks and this vintage sticker book: The Antiquarian Sticker Book: [Hardcover–Odd Dot; Illustrated edition, March 3, 2020] with over a thousand Victorian stickers is one of them. I was fortunate to be sent one from the publishers to review on this blog. Each page is filled with gorgeous decorative […more…]
I had been overly optimistic. I still am to a small degree. My children are out of school and home (a blessing from COVID19 Quarantine), and I haven’t bought toilet paper yet, and even though I try to avoid the news, the death toll seeps into my mind. I find my anxiety level rising, especially […more…]
The Night Tiger: A Vintage Book Review The Night Tiger book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis The Night Tiger (Flatiron Books; First Edition, Second Printing edition (February 12, 2019) by Yangsze Choo is a genre-crossing, magical realism, murder mystery, historical fiction set in 1930s Malaysia. For The Night Tiger, Choo chose three characters to tell her […more…]